φυλάσσω

fulavssw fulavssw; future
fulavxw; 1 aorist
ejfuvlaxa; middle, present
fulavssomai; 1 aorist
ejfulaxavmhn; present passive
fulavssomai; from Homer down; the Septuagint times too many to count for rm'v;, occasionally for rx'n: (etc.):1. Active, to guard (Latin custodio); i. e., a. to watch, to keep watch: with
fulakhvn, added, (see
fulakhv, a.). b. to guard or watch, have an eye upon:
tina, one, lest he escape, ; ; passive, ; ;
tiv, anything, lest it be carried off:
tav
iJmavtia, . c. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe, i. e. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc., equivalent to to protect:
thvn
aujlhvn, ;
ajpov
tivno", to protect one from a person or thing, (see
ponhrov", p. 531a) (Xenophon, Cyril 1, 4, 7; (); cf. Buttmann, sec. 147, 3; (Winer's Grammar, 223 (209)));
thvn
paraqhvkhn (or
parakataqhvkhn), to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired, ; ; with the addition of
eij"
tina
hJmevran, i. e. that it may be forthcoming on that day, ; to guard from being lost or perishing, i. e. (with the predominant idea of a happy issue), to preserve:
tina, (where
ejfuvlaxa is explained by the following
oujdeiv"
ejx
aujtw'n
ajpwvleto (cf.
threvw, at the end)); ;
tina with a predicate accusative, ;
fulavxei (opposed to
ajpolevsei)
thvn
yuchvn
eij"
zwhvn
aijwvn. i. e. will keep it with the result that lie will have life eternal, ;
eJautovn
ajpov
tovn to guard oneself from a thing, (where cf. Westcott). d. to guard, i. e. to care for, take care not to violate; to observe:
tovn
novmon, ; ; (, etc.; Sophocles Trach. 616; others;
novmou", Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 30; Plato, de rep. 6, p. 484 b.; polit., p. 292 a.); single precepts of the Mosaic law, L T Tr WH; Lachmann; L T Tr text WH; (
tav
dikaiwvmata
tou'
novmou, );
tovn
lovgon
tou'
Qeou', ;
tav
rJhvmata of Jesus, L T Tr WH; apostolic directions, ; .2. Middle a. to observe for oneself something to escape, i. e. to avoid, shun, flee from: by a use common in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, with an accusative of the object,
tiv, (A. V. keep themselves from);
tina, (A. V. be thou ware of);
ajpov
tivno", to keep oneself from a thing, (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 3, 9; (Hell. 7, 2, 10));
i{na
mhv, (
o{pw"
mhv, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 37; other examples in Passow, under the word, p. 2360{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, C. II.)). b. by a usage foreign to Greek writings but very frequent in the Septuagint (cf. Winer's Grammar, 253 (238)), to guard for oneself (i. e. for one's safety's sake) so as not to